>> Sherri, Hugo, Jody, Allan .... and any other RegExp
>> experts or wanna-bees in the list:
>>
>> I found out about this on the PowerPro list - it's
>> fantastic
>> for creating RegExp's, previewing what's going to

happen

>> when they are applied, or even (by <copy> then
>> <paste-back> actually doing the work.
>>
>> It also has support for non-greedy RegExps.
>> One caution: like (I think) Perl and most other

programs

>> it uses "(-----)" for both Ntb's alternation operation
>> and to identify pieces for replacement. ie: anywhere

you

>> use "{----}" and in the Replace have "\1", "\2",...

etc.

>> use "(-----)" instead.
>>
>> From the PowerPro forum:
>>> Even if you don't like Regular Expressions or don't

... Hi Alec, How much disk space is required? I ve already got more learning projects than I can cope with at the moment (some of which is thanks to you lol

Message 3 of 7
, Aug 11, 2002

--- In ntb-clips@y..., "Alec Burgess" <burale@a...> wrote:

>
> Basically, the TCL/TK simply acts as an "interpreter" for
> the "visual_regexp.tcl". You don't need to know anymore
> about "programming" in tcl than you do to execute a "java
> script" program.
>
> Just install the TCL somewhere on your hard disk (which
> will set the association of .TCL files to the program
> "wish.exe") and then click the "visual_regexp.tcl" or a
> shortcut to it.
>

Hi Alec,

How much disk space is required? I've already got more learning
projects than I can cope with at the moment (some of which is thanks
to you lol <g>) but by making it sound simple to use you're tempting
me.

Regards,
Sheri

john041650

Thanks Alec, I HAD missed something big time.. Or more accurately I had downloaded the wrong things the first time.. When I went to the TCL TK download link

Message 4 of 7
, Aug 11, 2002

Thanks Alec, I HAD missed something big time.. Or more accurately I had downloaded the wrong things the first time.. When I went to the TCL TK download link you gave us, I saw TCL TK in the top left corner and clicked on that.. On the next page I clicked the TCL and TK Source files in zip format... What I got were open source files that had yet to be compiled, that's where I went wrong and it sounds like maybe Steve did the same thing..

This time I went back to the same page, and clicked on the same download link, but instead I went down a little farther until I found "Binary Releases"... Geez, I should have known that, how dumb can I be? Uhh....don't answer that please.. :)

Anyway, now I have it installed and I know just enough at this moment to know it works... I'll have to play with this for bit..

Thanks again Alec..

John :)

--- In ntb-clips@y..., "Alec Burgess" <burale@a...> wrote:
> John:
> > Did I miss something? I use RegExp but not often
> enough to go
> > through all that..
>
> Basically, the TCL/TK simply acts as an "interpreter" for
> the "visual_regexp.tcl". You don't need to know anymore
> about "programming" in tcl than you do to execute a "java
> script" program.
>
> Just install the TCL somewhere on your hard disk (which
> will set the association of .TCL files to the program
> "wish.exe") and then click the "visual_regexp.tcl" or a
> shortcut to it.
>
> Regards ... Alec
>
> ---- Original Message ----
> From: "john041650" <john041650@y...>
> To: <ntb-clips@y...>
> Sent: 11 August, 2002 10:54
> Subject: [Clip] Re: Visual RegExp wow!
>
> > Hi Alec,
> >
> > Your thread intrigued me, so I went to the links you
> posted, read
> > about Visual RegExp and even downloaded the TCL TK zip
> files.. But
> > when I started reading what all is involved to compile
> and use those
> > TCL TK files, I did a double take and went "Whoooaaaa
> Nelly! This is
> > way overkill for what I need."
> >
>
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > John :)
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In ntb-clips@y..., "Alec Burgess" <burale@a...>
> wrote:
> >> Sherri, Hugo, Jody, Allan .... and any other RegExp
> >> experts or wanna-bees in the list:
> >>
> >> I found out about this on the PowerPro list - it's
> >> fantastic
> >> for creating RegExp's, previewing what's going to
> happen
> >> when they are applied, or even (by <copy> then
> >> <paste-back> actually doing the work.
> >>
> >> It also has support for non-greedy RegExps.
> >> One caution: like (I think) Perl and most other
> programs
> >> it uses "(-----)" for both Ntb's alternation operation
> >> and to identify pieces for replacement. ie: anywhere
> you
> >> use "{----}" and in the Replace have "\1", "\2",...
> etc.
> >> use "(-----)" instead.
> >>
> >> From the PowerPro forum:
> >>> Even if you don't like Regular Expressions or don't
> have
> >>> Tcl installed, look at what this guy made for Regex
> >>> junkies: http://laurent.riesterer.free.fr/regexp/
> >>
> >>>> In order to run this program, you need to have
> Tcl/Tk
> >> 8.3.0 (or later) installed (click here to download
> it).
> >> http://www.scriptics.com <<
> >>
> >> Note: the TCL (some kind of programming language ?) is
> a
> >> fairly big download but once installed you don't need
> to
> >> use it to run the Visual RegExp
> >>
> >> Maybe one of you clip'n wizards could work out a clip
> >> that would allow me to replace Ntb's find/replace (by
> a
> >> clipbar button)? At least initially I intend to run it
> by
> >> simply putting a shortcut to it on the QuickLaunch bar
> >> and using the regular MS-Clipboard to copy original
> and
> >> paste back the replacements.
> >>
> >> Regards ... Alec
> >
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john041650

Sheri, my installation takes up just a wee bit over 20 mb of space.. The installation file for Windows that I downloaded was 7.6 mb in size.. John :)

Message 5 of 7
, Aug 11, 2002

Sheri, my installation takes up just a wee bit over 20 mb of space.. The installation file for Windows that I downloaded was 7.6 mb in size..

John :)

--- In ntb-clips@y..., "silvermoonwoman2001" <silvermoonwoman@c...> wrote:
> Hi Alec,
>
> How much disk space is required? I've already got more learning
> projects than I can cope with at the moment (some of which is thanks
> to you lol <g>) but by making it sound simple to use you're tempting
> me.
>
> Regards,
> Sheri

silvermoonwoman2001

... space.. The installation file for Windows that I downloaded was 7.6 mb in size.. ... Ok thanks, I got and installed it, but won t be able to look at it

Message 6 of 7
, Aug 11, 2002

--- In ntb-clips@y..., "john041650" <john041650@y...> wrote:

> Sheri, my installation takes up just a wee bit over 20 mb of

space.. The installation file for Windows that I downloaded was 7.6
mb in size..

>
> John :)
>

Ok thanks, I got and installed it, but won't be able to look at it
until tomorrow. BTW, 70+ MB is needed during the install.

Regards,
Sheri

Alec Burgess

Sheri, John (et all)... (I m copying this to Off-topic) John, those look like the same numbers I ve got. (Visual_Regex itself is a whopping 112 KB ;-) ...

Message 7 of 7
, Aug 11, 2002

Sheri, John (et all)... (I'm copying this to Off-topic)

John, those look like the same numbers I've got.
(Visual_Regex itself is a "whopping" 112 KB ;-)

Sherri said:

> > How much disk space is required? I've already got

more learning

> > projects than I can cope with at the moment (some of

which is thanks

> > to you lol <g>) but by making it sound simple to use

you're tempting

> > me.

Talk to me about it !!! On my 4.02 GB HDD I run somewhere
between 80 MB and 110 MB free depending on whether I've
done DiskClean in the last hour or the last two days.
I've got TIF set to 5 MB (with cable, TIF cache is about
the biggest waste of disk going! and the ONLY thing that
ever gets into Recycle is stuff I forget to hold the
Shift-key down on. (I've got an 18 GB drive sitting on a
new (permanent loan from my non-technical brother) Win2K
laptop that I can't make use of yet because I haven't got
an ADMIN password and hence have been unable to get on
the internet with and (as yet) unable to set up a Direct
Cable Connection (directcc.exe) connection with the small
Win98 laptop!

A couple of tools you might find worthwhile for squeezing
the last bit of use out your available hard-disk. All of
these can be found I think by just googling:
<program-name>+download